This role pays more than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$345k
versus about
$203k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is a technology and camera company, best known for Snapchat, offering visual communication, augmented reality, and advertising products.
Snap Inc. currently has
76 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$209,000–$313,000
across 58 roles with salary data.
Principal Software Engineer, Delivery Platform joins the Delivery Platform team to build next-generation ad formats and backend infrastructure designed to increase clicks and conversion for advertisers. This role involves end-to-end work across new product ideas, experimentation, analysis, and optimization while collaborating across teams to evaluate trade-offs and deliver solutions for the performance advertising suite. The successful candidate will provide technical direction that influences the entire company, advocating for best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management. Key requirements include expert programming and software design skills, experience with distributed systems, and a proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale. Candidates should possess deep ads domain expertise and demonstrate proficiency in debugging, performance analysis, and test design to solve ambiguous problems within the advertising technology space.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
Distributed Systems
Full Stack
Cross-platform Development
A/B Testing
Software Design
Performance Analysis
Test Design
Scalability
Content Delivery Systems
Ads Domain